Los Nevados National Park lies in Colombia's Cordillera Central mountain range, around 150km south of the city of Medellin. It rises to just over 5,000m and is surrounded by páramo, the high-altitude grassland characterised by damp, windy conditions, tall paja grass and unusual plant species.
On the southern side of the range is Paramillo del Quindio, the ancient remains of a huge volcano with a crater several kilometres across. The mountain has several summits on what is left of the crater rim. The higher north and south summits are rocky affairs, but in between is the gentler central summit, the highest point on a steep ridge of scree.
This video follows a trek on the southern side of the range from Finca Berlin to Finca Primavera with an ascent of the central summit of Paramillo del Quindio on the way.
For a trip report see: www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020...
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Music by Stefan Kartenberg (dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpe...)
19 июн 2020
